Comparative Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Analysis of Hindgut Paunch Microbiota in Wood- and Dung-Feeding Higher Termites

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  He, Shaomei ^a,b   Ivanova, Natalia ^a,b   Kirton, Edward ^b   Allgaier, Martin ^b,c   Bergin, Claudia ^d   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^e   Kyrpides, Nikos C ^a,b   Warnecke, Falk ^a,b   Tringe, Susannah G ^b   Hugenholtz, Philip ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDASE; HEMICELLULOSE; HYDROLASE; NITROGEN; RNA 16S;

AMITERMES WHEELERI; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COW; FIRMICUTES; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOPTERA; METAGENOMICS; METATRANSCRIPTOMICS; NASUTITERMES COMIGER; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PHYLOGENY; SPIROCHETE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; WOOD;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATTLE; CELL WALL; CHEMOTAXIS; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; ISOPTERA; LIGNIN; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; WOOD;

AMITERMES WHEELERI; FIBROBACTERES; FIRMICUTES; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES CORNIGER; SPIROCHAETES; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 84876087439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061126     Document Type: Article

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